The Crossbow is the only main weapon in the game that can kill with one shot no matter where the projectile hits the player, making it a commonly-used weapon on a lot in maps with tight spaces like Office. It can even be lethal to enemy if it hits their feet. It is fairly common in Battle Royale (even though it is not often used) and it is the most common weapon that uses Heavy Ammo there.
"We use the finest tree frog poison from the deepest depths of the Amazonian jungle. That is why our crossbows kill in one shot even if you hit them in their big toe."
- JoJa15, on how the Crossbow is able to kill in one shot.
Design[]
The Crossbow has an entirely grey plastic body, except for the bright green company label (Tiger Eye). The front handguard grip, stock cheek rest and scope are completely black. The bolts it fires are sharp-tipped, with a grey body and bright green fletchings.
Performance[]
As previously stated, the Crossbow bolt deals 375 damage to the player wherever it hits. That is unless the player is more than 650 meters away which at that point the damage drop-off for the Crossbow starts and it loses its insta-kill ability; it also does no damage to vehicles. The bolt completely disappears somewhere around 1220 meters. Due to its insta-kill ability, the Crossbow does not track headshots or do anything special if you hit one.
The Crossbow bolt travels a lot slower than any other weapons' bullets. So if you are trying to use it at long range you will want to wait a little bit before you think you missed the shot, it might have just not reached its target yet. The Crossbow can only have one bolt loaded at a time, so you have to reload every time you shoot. The Crossbow is one of the lighter weapons in the game; it is a small bit lighter than the Sniper Rifle. Like most other weapons, the Crossbow shoots straight, but because of its slow velocity, it rarely deviates from its path. Even at ranges above 1000 meters, the bolt only deviates from its target by a few meters.
The best maps for the Crossbow are small maps, which includes The Somme, Tribute, Tomb, and Office. It is especially effective in the Office map or the Space Station map, largely due to the long corridors on Office/Space Station where it is hard to dodge a bolt. The trenches in Somme are similar, but the player has the option to jump out of them to escape the bolt in time. Tribute has three main ways to go throughout the map, all of them include, at one point or another, a long enough stretch of the map where there isn't much or any cover to get behind.
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Trivia[]
- [Patched] Crossbow could do 375 damage to vehicles.
- [Patched] Crossbow could bypass spawn protection.
- [Patched] Crossbow could occasionally not require reloading.
- [Patched] The bolts from Crossbow would not stick to surfaces and would just disappear.
- When a player is ADS (aiming down sights) with the Crossbow in Battle Royale, the loaded bolt will disappear.
- Crossbow bolts will stick out of both friend and foe, leading to some funny situations when up to some shenanigans
- The company "Tiger Eye" may be inspired by the real-life company "Tenpoint", which manufactures crossbows.
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